Sentence examples for give proceedings from inspiring English sources

The minimal recordings (often just voice, guitar and piano) give proceedings an eerie feel, and Diamond's hurting vocals must be among the most emotional he has ever delivered.

This can give proceedings in which forfeiture orders are contested bizarre names such as United States v $10,500 in U.S. Currency or State of New Jersey v One 1990 Ford Thunderbird.

The term boycott may also signify a refusal to participate in given proceedings.

My dad defended the window, which, he felt, gave proceedings a raffish, short-order air.

This gave proceedings a sweet, rich informality, heightened by the crackle of a log fire in the background.

The stage set consists of a standard lamp, giving proceedings the deceptively cosy feel of a living room.

One of the many memorable aspects of Grandage's recent Othello at the Donmar was Paule Constable's painterly lighting effects, which gave proceedings a haunting dreamlike glow.

So, although Chanderpaul and Poynton resisted for the best part of the first hour, Keith Barker's spree of third-morning wickets has given proceedings an anti-climactic gloss.

Rather than the expected smutty comedy, Reid gave proceedings a bleak tone and an awareness of the social divide; its sequences of nightmares invite comparison with an earlier venture of its producer, Michael Klinger, Roman Polanski's Repulsion.

Dense, tall trees surround the pitch and frame the equally densely packed supporters sections - giving proceedings the air of an English non-league game that has somehow been transposed to the setting of the Augusta Masters course.

The rivalry between Mr. de Villepin and Mr. Sarkozy has given proceedings at the Palais de Justice extra piquancy, attracting intense media interest and playing out to packed galleries.